SANTA CLARA, Cuba: For Cuban Pedro Roberto Gamuza, 59, the war in Ukraine has hit very close to home: one of his sons has gone to fight there and another was detained on his way, charged with being a mercenary.
Gamuza's sons, aged 33 and 34, are believed to be among a group of Cubans recruited by an alleged criminal network to fight for the Russian army.Last week, Havana said it had arrested 17 people over alleged links to a 'trafficking network that operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba, into the military forces involved in military operations in Ukraine.
Cuban Pedro Roberto Gamuza, the father of Robeisi Alexander Gamuza Perez, 33, recruited in Russia as a mercenary to go to war in Ukraine, and Liogi Gamuza Perez, 34, detained by Cuban State Security, speaks during an interview with AFP in Santa Clara, Cuba, on September 11, 2023. AFP PHOTO'Deception'Gamuza said he was unaware of his boys being recruited to fight for Russia.Liogi, he said, was never called up nor did he undergo military training due to ill health.
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